Yet it compels the reader forward with its heartbreaking honesty. Yet she chooses to endure a brutal and unjust trial in order to shed light on the crime.īlood Water Paint is, on an emotional level, hard to read. When Artemisia is raped in her own home by a respected male painter, she finds her family, community members, and judicial system unsupportive. 1656-has been working for her father since her mother died, making paints and also secretly doing the bulk of the artistic work for which her father takes credit. Artemisia Gentileschi-an Italian painter who lived from 1593 to c. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost.īlood Water Paint is the story of a young woman fighting for her right to be heard. She was one of Rome’s most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father’s paint.īy the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. A debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.
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